Smuggling: Army Seizes 85 Bags Of Rice In Ebonyi Community - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
December 28, 2019
The Nigerian Army has captured eighty five bags of smuggledrice in a compound in Abor-Uwani community in Afikpo-North Local GovernmentArea of Ebonyi State. The raid is part of the on-going “Exercise Atilogwu Udo1’’.
The Deputy Director, Public Relations of 82-Division of theNigerian Army  Colonel Aliyu Yusuf. who announced this in a statement,said the smuggled bags of rice, each weighing 50 kilograms were interceptedthrough intelligence received by troops of Sector-6 Abakaliki of the exercise.
The Spokesman added that the suspects, the truck, and thebags of rice had been handed over to the Ebonyi State Commissioner for InternalAffairs for further action.
In a related development, Yusuf said the troops in Sector-6in conjunction with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA raided thehideout of suspected drug dealers in Abakaliki town, while items recovered inthe area included suspected wraps of marijuana, tramadol, and cocaine amongother things.